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HOTT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON C. EL, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1874. VOLUME X.--NO. 17. BREAD BAKING AND GHOSTLY WARNINGS. It was in the days of our grand-mothers, when there were brick ovens in the land, that Mr. Hubbard bought his house?the haunted house of R-, very much against his wife's will. It was a lonely house. It was next to a graveyard, which, though long unused, was not very cheerful, and it had the reputation of a ghost. However, Mr. Hubbard did not be? lieve iu ghosts, was too cheerful to be depres? sed by warnings, and never intended to be lonely. "Mother Hubbard/' lie said, when his wife shook her head over the purchase, "I got the house cheap, and it's n good one. You'll like it when vou get there. If von don't, why then talk." So the house was bought, and into it the Hubbard family moved. There was scarcely a ?chance for a ghost to show his face in such a household of boys and sir!?. The rosy-faced master of the house and Ids little wife had ten ?of them. It was in view of the eternal cry of "mother," that the jolly husband had dubbed his Martha Jane "Mother Hubbard," using it in jest at first, and at hist because of an old habit. Hearing it. the rc?t of 11-fell into the way of calling the motherly soul Mother Hubbard, so that it was more her name, by far, than her baptismal Martha Jane. Having once expostulated and "spoken out her mind,'' Mother Hubbard gave up the point, ! She scrubbed and scoured, tucked down car? pets and put up curtains, ami owned that the ?' place was pretty ; and, as not a ghost appear? ed for a week, made up her mind that there was no such inhabitant, and even began not to mind the tombstones. So the house was got to rights at last, and baking day came about. In the press of business they had had a great deal of baker's bread, and were tired of it. Mrs. Hubbard had never enjoyed setting a batch of ?bread to rise as she did that which was to be eaten for the first time in the new House. "For I can't get up an appetite for stun' that nobody knows who has h;id the making of," said Mother Hubbard; "and all puffy and alumy besides." So into the oven went the bread, and out it came at the proper time, oven and brown and beautiful as loaves could be. Mother Hubbard turned the loaves upon their sides as she drew them forth, and they stood in the long bread tray, glorious proofs of her skill And of the excellence of the oven, when. Tom? my Hubbard bounded in. Tommy was four, and at that age one is prone to believe that any? thing will bear its weight. Tommy, therefore, anxious to inspect the new made bread, wrung himself off his feet by catching the edge of the bread tray, and over it came, loaves and Tommy and all. All were dusted and in the J tray again but one. That lay bottom upwards under the table. I "A bother>ome child, to give me so much j trouble," she said, as she crawled under the ? table. I "Ah ! oh ! dear, dear! oh, my .'' And there on the floor sat Mother Hubbard, screaming,: wringing her hands and shaking her head. The children screamed al.-o iu earnest. Mr. i Hubbard rushed iu from the garden, where he , was at work. "What is the matter, mother?" he gasped, j Mrs. Hubbard pointed to the bottom <>f the loaf lying in her lap. "Look there, and me."' she said. "It's a warning. William, I'm going to be taken from 'em all." And as Mr. Hubbard looked, he saw on the : loaf a "death's head and cross-bones," as plain- j ly engraved as they possibly could be. "It's accident," said Mr." Hubbard. "Such queer cracks do come, you know. Don't fret." j Mother Hubbard was iri a troubled state of ?lind. "The stories about the haunted house I were true," she said; "and the spirits have! marked the loaf. I'm afraid it is ;i warning." i And the loaf was put aside, lor even Mr. Hub- j bard did not dare to eat any of it. Mrs. Hubbard got over her fright at last, but the news of the awful marked loaf spread , through R-, and the people came to the ' Hubbards all the week to look at it. It was a , death's head and cross-bones certainly ; every one saw that at a glance ; but as to the mean? ing, people differed. Some believed that it was a warning of approaching death ; some that the spirits "wanted to frighten tin- Hub? bards away." This latter supposition inspired uVIrs, Hubbard with courage. Finally she leaned to this belief, and when another baking ?day arrived, put her loaves in the oven once more, prepared for cross-bones, and not to be frightened by them. The loaves baked as he fore. They came out brown and eru^ly. Mother Hubbard turned each in her hands. There were no cross-bones visible ; but on the last were sundry characters or letters; what, no one could tell, until there dropped in for a chat, a certain printer of the neighborhood, ac? customed to reading things backwards. "Halloo:" said he ; "that's curious ! That is curious?Kesurgam?(I shall rise again ); that's what's on the loaf?Resurgam." "It's what they put on the tomb-, aiu't it?" asked Mother Hubbard. faintly. "Well, yes," said Mr. Hubbard ; "but it ain't : so bad as cross-bones and skulls.''' "Mother Hubbard shook her head, "it's even solemncr;" said the little woman, who, was not as good a linguist as a bread baker. ? ""I feel confident, William, that I dial! soon !><? 1 ?"resurpramed," and what will those dear chil dren do then ?" Aud now that the second loaf was before her | eyes, marked awfully as was tin- lirst, Mother : Hubbard really grew thin and pale and losl all iier cheerfulness. "J have a presentiment," : she said, over and over again, "that the third ; hating vii'l decide who was the warning points to. 1 believe Its meant for me, ami time- will show. Don't you see how thin J'm getting?" And though Mr. Hubbard laughed, he also he gan to be troubled. The third baking day was one of gloom. , Solemnly, as to a funeral, the family assembled | to assist in the drawing. Five loaves came out without mark; but one remained. Mother! Hubbard's hund trembled, hut she drew it j forth; she laid it in the tray; she turned it softly about. At last she exposed the lower surface. I hi it wen; letters, printed backwards, I plain enough to read this time, and arranged, thus; i "Died, April 2d, Lamented by j Her large family." "It's me," cried Mis. Hubbard, "I'm to go to-morrow. This is the lirst. J do feel faint. Yes, I do. It's awful and so sudden," and Mother Hubbard fainted away iu tin; amis of the most terrified of husbands. The children 1 screamed, the eat. mewed, the dog barked, j The- eldest boy ran for the doctor. J'oople flocked to the Hubbard's. Tie- loaf was exam- i ined. Yes, there was Mother Hubbard's ' "warning," her call to quit this world. She lay in her bed bidding good bye to her family and friends, her strength going fast.j She read her f?hle and tried not to grieve too much. The doctor shook hi- lead. The e'er gyman prayed with her; nobody doubted thai ' j hor end was at hand, for people were very su j perstitious in those days. They had been up all night with pood little Mother litibbard, and dawn was breaking, and with il she felt sure ; that she must go, when clatter over the road i and up to the door came a horse and on the ! horje n man. He alighted. He rattled the ; knocker. He rushed in. There wa? no stop I ping him. Up stairs he went to Mother Hub ; bard's room, and bolted in. Every one stared ! at him. Me took off his hat. "l'arding," said ! he. 'T heered Mrs. Hubbard was a dying." I That she's had wamin's on her bakin's. I ? came over to explain. Von see I was sexton j o' the church here two years ago, and I* know all about it. You needn't die o' skeer just vir, ; Miss Hubbard, for there is neither spirits or devils about, imr yet warn ins. What marks ' the loaves is old Mr. Ficklc's tombstone. I took it for an oven bottom Reein' thar war no ; survivors and briek war dear. The last folks , before you didn't have 'em printed off. cos they 1 made pan loaves. But we was used to 'em our? selves, cross-bones and skulls in the gingcr 1 bread we didn't mind, and I never thought o1 ; carin' for the rcsurgam. Ho you sec how it is, : Miss Hubbard, and I'm sorry you was skcercd. I'd orter a mentioned it when I sold the prop? erty." j Nobody said a word. The minister shut his hymn book. The doctor walked to the window ; there was deathlike silence. Mother Hubbard broke it. "Father," she said, "the first thine; 'you do, i get a bottom to that oven.'' And the tone as ; surcd the assemblage of friend-, that mother Hubbard was not going to die just then. In [ deed, she sat up the very next day, and as soon as the oven was rebottomed, invited everybody to a tea-drinking, at which no one discovered awful warning on the bread, or ghostly print? ing on the ginger cake. A Remarkable History. A New York letter says: The history of the old man. Luther Bryant, whose home was robbed of $120,OUO while he was in jail await? ing trial upon a charge of having purchased stolen postage stumps, is a most remarkable one. He was born in Cummington, Hamp snire County, Mass., wheie his father practiced medicine. At the age of fourteen he was grad? uated from Williams College, and he then traveled in Europe for more than two years. Returning, he was soon given his physician's diploma, and began work in his profession. After a resilience of many years in Burlington, j he changed his home in L818 to Charleston, j S. C. Then he came to New York, and having ' a fancy for old coin, he opened a stand on the j sidewalk near City Hall L'ark. Ho.soon began j to do a large business in ;? quiet way in buying j mutilated currency at thirty percent, discount, . which he had redeemed at its full value at the ! United States treasury. He continued in his business, notwithstanding a legacy of many ! thousand dollars left him by his brother. It [ had been his habit lor thirteen yeas.- past to I leave his home at s a. m., walk to a restaurant in Chatham street, eat breakfast, and then go* iug to his stand, begin the work of the day. Subsequently he moved Ids little stand to the lading in froiil of the old Hutch Church, and here he became a landmark. He was seldom missed from his place, lie pluddi d on. mind? ing his own business, and constantly adding to his little treasure. Recently, to hi- great Mir prisc, hi' was shown a warrant for his urrc-.i, and was taken from his stand to the Tombs I'olicc Court, lie had never been in a court room in his life before, and was terrified by the >urrouudings. Being unable to procure bail, he was put in a cell, and there remained for live day-. Meanwhile his lew friends were I unaware of ins having been arrested, and his : I rooms, with their hidden treasure, remained I unguarded. Late on Sunday night. Uetobcr J 11, a resident in the house saw a carriage dm- i en rapidly away from in front of its doors. In? vestigation .-bowed that the premises had been ransacked, and that the' old man's hidden treasure had al! disappeared. The room where the treasure had been kept was handsomely furnished, and was lilted up with ?ocrel draw? ers, in which Bryant had placed S7o,(.MW in j twenty dollar gold pieces during the past twelve years. Before concealing the coin, he ! would weigh it carefully, so as to lie certain that it was a piece of full weight, ami then would punch a small lade in the head of the ; (.ioddess of Liberty on the face of the coin. He would then enclose one hundred pieces of the coin in silk paper, and store the rolls away j in the secret drawer. A shelf above the floor ] supported a large tin case. This case was al- j most tilled with rare coins, too. Gradually the j box had become heavier, and at last he was J unable to lifl it to the floor. Accordingly he 1 bought a small ladder and used it in ascending ! to the box to jiut in coin. The coin in the box I Bryant estimated was worth S12,o00. Hanging against the wall there was a large morocco traveling hair. In this there was si ,000 in mu? tilated currency and >7"i> in the new currency, a gold watch valued at S?U'J, a gold chain weighing loo pennyweights, a diamond ring, a pair of amethyst sleeve-buttons, &e. Near the bag was a trunk, in which was hid ?20,000 worth of postage -tamp-. Ali tin- had disap pea red, and as soon as the fact w:is discovered, a little girl went to the cell where tin- poor old ; man was confined ami told him the sad story. ! Not one gold coin was left, and some of Bry- ! ant's clothing had been taken. The lock of the trunk had been torn open with a jimmy, and the content- of the trunk were strewn over the lloor. When apprised of his misfortune he ' showed great anguish. He wrung his hands,! ami his eyes were filled with tear-. The police obtained his rclea.se on his own recognizance to appear for trial, and then took him to his house. "All gone! all gone!" he said sadly. "Then," he continued, "there was an engage inent ring; the selling cosl ^L'L'?, and there was j still another ring?bul never mind, they look; them all." He was confident the thieve- had ] procured his arrest for no other purpose than ! to plunder his home.. There seems to lie no j doubt among tho-e who know Mr. Bryant thai. J his story is strictly true. While he hoarded j money and jewelry, he lived well. Hi- apart- ) meiits were mean, hut none in \< w York were more richly furnished. Ilecujoved good din-' rier-and w;ts good to the poor, helping those around him, but had little to say to liiem. Ill money, he said, ho kept in hi^ mom because | he had no confidence in hank-. A lew vears j ago he made a will bequeathing money to va rioiis friends; and then he had added codicil after codicil until the paper was covered, and I then wishing to put in another codicil, and not having the room lo put it in, he had burned (he will. The story goes that disappointment I in love made him resolve to become :i recluse, bul when this is -pokeii of he shakes his head and says, "It's too bad, too bail, thai people) will say such thine-." ? The Cincinnati fiti.ytf>', a thorough parti? san newspaper of the lladical persuasion, makes the I'd lowing excuse lor t hi- recent Hemocralic victory in that region: "On a platform of re pudiation, iullalion,anti t< nipeiai.and ?/?;??/? //// //...<</(/. --?, the iJeinocraiic parly has carried Ohio by a decided majority and elected eleven of the twenty congressmen. Hard Times. Cause and effect are inseperably couneeted. Nu effect takes place without a cause, and every cause produces -some effect. The theory of luck and chance is at variance with all the princi? ples of sound philosophy, and contradicted hy i the universal experience of all observing men > in all ages and in all sections of the world. The cause and effects, to the experienced j eye always bear a striking resemblance. So much so that a knowledge of the one is 1 usually all that is necessary to discover the other. When a cause is seen in operation, it is j easy to predict the result or effect; and when the effect is presented to the accurate observer, he is at no great difficulty to diagnose the cause. For the last few years, the cry of "hard times" , has been ringing in melancholy tones in every 1 nook and corner of our State. Nor is it con lined to the Stall' of South Carolina. The cry ? is heard in every section of the Southern States. Were this cry of hard times mere hypocritical slang, it would be idle to comment upon it. or to attempt to explain it-* remote or proximale cause. This is not, however, the case. The facts in the case warrant us iu saying that the j present is hard and the future is gloomy, i What is the cause, or rather what are the : causes of the present state of things, for they arc many'! Passing over the abnormal state of government in South Carolina, we may j mention the fact that the people of the State ; have not as yet been brought to a practical : knowledge of their real condition. The tie i groes of the Mate, when set free, concluded ] that they could live on freedom without work ; j and the white people concluded that they, not? withstanding the fact that the negroes. the for? mer laborers of the State, were set free, could live as they always had done. Practically, a great many people have not as yet learned the fact that the negro is free and that his labor cannot be controlled as it once was. This i< one cause of hard times. The niau who de? pends upon negro labor, as it could mice be depended upon, will most assuredly meet with disappointment. Another cause of hard times, is the fact that our people, after the war ended, rushed head? long into their former extravagances. The hue war taught us that we could make our own supplies. So soon, however, as the war was ended, the men ceased to make bread and meat, and the women laid aside the card- and wheel, livery dollar that could be got was expended in dress. Men who had lost all their property, never hesitated to dress themselves and families with all the taste and expense that they did when in flourishing circumstan? ces. Stores were opened ill every nook and corner of the State, and the last cent was ex? pended in articles?if not absolutely Useless? that could have been dispensed with. Cotton crop after cotton crop has been expended?we might say wasted?iu this way. and hard times has followed ; not by a freak of fortune, but by an irreversible law of nature. The merchant w as not made rich, for his head became addled; and when iL was hopelessly too late, he found it was impossible to collect when there was nothing to collect. The men who, to-day. are iu the best condition, pecuniarily, are I hone who have accepted the condition of things, gone to work, lived at home, and paid no atten? tion to the fashions. With them '.here i- really no hard times. Th y may give tilt'ranee !?> the general complaint, hut it is only ?>y in pa? thetic. There is, in reality, no haul limes in their homes. They have plenty and are com? fortable. Put iu those families where there has been a mama for br >ad-cloth c >at-. doe? skin pant-, fashionable bouts and heaver hats, silk and satin dresses, made in the must ap? proved styles, there is hard times with an ear? nestness w hich no language can well describe. Jt is often much easier tu give a correct diagnosis of a disease, than to prognose it and prescribe:) remedy. Some limes, too, the phy? sician has a correct knowledge of the cau<e and tendency of disease in his patient, and also of the remedy; but the difficulty is, the patient will not follow his direction. Ft is useless to prescribe to such a patient, for the prescription will not be followed out. Ju?t so it is with a people. Many of them would rather die than be cured. The remedy for the hard times of the present period is a thorough ignoring of the fashions, a rigid economy, and a produc? tion of all supplies. We must commence at ' the beginning. After the war was the proper time to have done this. Had this been done, the country would have, by this lime, been wholly recovered from the calamities of war; but it is not still too late. We must conduct ourselves as the settlers of a new country would do. The multitude of our people are poor, and the sootier we accept llie condition of a poor man and conduct ourselves accordingly, the belter i! will be for us. The effort to ap? pear rich i- ruining us and will continue to ruin us.? YorkcilU Emjn\rtr. The (.'real Salt hike. A Salt Lake ('ily correspondent of the Chi cago /<?/??/?? Oi'f'iu -ays: There seems to he a general impression among slraugers that the city of Salt Cake is located mi the margin of the great Salt Cake, and the tourist on his ar? rival here in surprised and disappointed tu lind that it is not. The popular visiting place on the lake is what is called I?lack Pock, lying directly we-t twenty miles distant from this city, on the old overland mail road going toward California, ii is a most iiiierestinu spot to visit, and it is very strange thai out ol tin- many who travel aero-- the continent, de? sirous of seeing ev< rylhing ol interest, there are so few who will take the lime and trouble lo j -ee thi ? most wonderful and beautiful sheet of water. The size ol the lake is about eighlv miles from east to west, and xhoul one lain- j died miles from north to south. || is the' great reservoir fir all llie waters that empty into the surrounding valleys, without any. known outlet, except w hat the gentle ray- of j the summer sun draw up to the cloudy strata of the heaven-, i he water i- exceedingly sal- i ty more so than any body ol water in the world, ; and its buoyancy is fully luti per cent, more ' than i hat ol l he ocean. I n t he crudest man- , ner the Mormons makes a pail of sail from three pails of water, and the liiioyancy is very pereeplibh in bathing, when the ordinal} ? swimmer fuels |i<> cm lloal :i- easily and se curelvas walking on the "sure and lirm-sel earth*." Sinking i* impossible. The water in the lake is gradually rising, and some esti-j mate- have put il at leu inches each year; but 1 n>> means have been takt u lo measure it until | abmil two month- since, when a granite mon? ument was erected at I thick Poet, a short dis tanee from the shore The lake as a thing of beauty i- almost unsurpassed. The water at times is of the deepest, green ; at others of the purrs! blue; and. varying li"in the shallow to tint deep water, from the lightest lo the darkest shad- -, ai d :il all times ||?. gr;md old ocean. The seagull and the pelican scale ju-t ovei head, riding graei fully the waves upon its smooth or rolling sui face. Ph'sscd is the man lhal makelii a short political speech fur iie:-l:all obtain hearers a. it j et.. Indian Version of the Flood. The world wa< created hy one Power, the Indians Lell u<. and existed until it became too . densely populated, when the Creator command? ed one man to build an ark and collect in it a . pair of every species of animal from all parts 1 of the earth. He did so, and remained safely through the flood which speedily followed and destroyed all other life. '"Noah" (the Indian name of this individual I could not obtain could converse with each animal, and when the waters began to subside he sent out a raven, at that lime a white bird, strong of wing, to see whether the storm was fairly over and discover, if possible, any dry land. Tie raven went, but delayed his anxiously lookcd for return so long that '"Noah" sent out after him a dove, which, quickly returning, brought news that the raven, true tn his nature, had forgotten his errand, and was all this time gorging himself with the lloating carcasses. Wroth at this neglect, the dove was sent to bring the culprit hack. Soon after this inci? dent the ark rested and the animals were sent forth. Hut at tin- lime the earth was almost entirely covered with water, and was every? where level. So. in order to get rid of it. the ! Creator commanded the water to make high? ways for itself by casting up mountain chains and digging valley? and passes through which to run to the general ocean which -till re? mained. This flood they consider to have been the lir.-l and the last which came upon the earth, bul that the final destruction of the world : will be by lire, after which it will he peopled i by the spirits of the present inhabitants. So i much exhibits to my mind the results of Je j suit teaching; but as I cannot ascertain that I any of these missionaries ever visited the Lie Indians, it must have reached them so long ago that they have forgotten it. through the Southern trihes, who had frequent communica? tions with the Spanish priests, i Aside from such a tradition as this, their rc ' ligiuus belief seems peculiarly their own ; j they believe in one great ruler of the universe, I omnipotent, omniscient, good?a personal I rod. ! j This spirit is nameless to them. They do not try to represent Him to their minds by con ; crete form or in any stated condition. But j each man seeks some object in nature which j shall typify to his mind al! that is pure and ' j holy, and exhibit to his best satisfaction the I supremcst excellence of which he is able to ? ( conceive. This natural object, whatever it ! ? may be, he does not hold sacred or to be wor- j J -hipped in any sense as an idol, bul only seeks ' : to glorify the Almighty ami Cood ' me through ! his delight in it. I Subordinate to the Good Spirit, they believe, i is an evil spirit?a spirit of malignant mis? chief, Mephistophelcs, rather than Satan, j Anything, human or animal, that i- red. as I red hair, is supposed to belong to him. His ! chief exertion seems to be to gain possession of. j the souls of dying one- the instant they escape j from the body. His foe and watcher, who1 i must conduct the freed soul safely to Heaven. I is SJn-O-wap, the Good Angel, who i< supposed I to attend all persons when they die, and take i j charge nf their souls. All this, (if course, ini 1 plie- a hereafter of rewards lor good and evil, and that every one i< responsible for hi-own i actions, which they hold. The way to heaven ,' j is straight and accessible to all good men. ' I And a- the Good Spirit can pardon all -in- bu! ' wilful murder, and as the e\ il spirit i- neve:- or rarely supposed to be successful in his to steal -old.-, from the Good Angel, the infer? ence i- that nearly everybody gets there. The I" -t of them regard the human race as of bul one blood, and that all nation- will reach heaven alike : but many Indians think that most other races are simply animals of a I high order and not men as they arc. ? Conti [lOw.lt'HLV ?V. Tribune. ????iris don't hi- in a Hurry to .Marry." 'fhi- is the advice we would give girls gener? ally, i 'in' of t he pn vailing opinions of (lie day is, that it i- a very ditlicull thing lor women to ' marry to advantage. Voting nun are told I hey j can marry ju-t as well as they wish, and they j are heard to boast at times thai they will mar- i ry rich or not a! ail. That women are placed at rather a disadvantage in the match-making business, we are frank to admit, but it is prin- . cipally due to the tact that they are not sufli- ' ciently independent, and are too "anxious.*' ? The advice we give young ladies is, to he in no hurry to many. Better never marry, than ! to be ill treated. We have -ecu old maid- ? whose enjoyment of life, and whose usefulness ' to society, far exceeded many married w omen'.-, j Indeed we have great respect for one of those i tree. open, energetic old mauls?from choice. The capacity of a woman to take care of her- j self, is loo much underrated. Has not the reader of this article seen women who supported ! their husbands and families;' Se n them buy clothes for the children ; feed the children and even build houses for them to live in. all with their own money ? Indeed we know id' install- j CCS where women of talent and energy have ; married men of dissolute and lazy habits, and ' have led mi- rahly poor lives, when if they had been left to themselves they would, by their eiiergv and talents, have made a comfortable living and a competency boides. Who ever knew a woman who worked -ix day- in the j week, bill what she saved money in the end'.' I low many married women there are who work hard and are always |.r, whin if they had re- 1 maile d single and d( pendent on their own ex? ertions, and had no nu n lo support, their cir eiim-lauces would have beeil heller! Many ami many a good woman's happiness, health and prosperity i- destroyed by marrying. Now. we d ? not advi-e won,en not to marry when ihcy can marry well, bul we do think thev oiighl to be very guarded, very choice in the selection of a companion fur life. If tiny Would all act on ibis prim iplc, there would be ! inure happiness in the world, and I heir chances ' would be better. 'I hose "IonIs of creation" j who 11?.\\ boasl of their | owi r to marry whom j thev please, would soon change their lune. |; would be a ble.-sing to many poor women if the matrimonial knot could be loused. When mice tied, it is difliculi to gel unloosed. Wo? men lose more \\\ marrying, ill many instances, than they gain. It i< true llu re i- some novel- : lv about the busitifss which thev all want to j test, hut it i- a very serious matter, and thev : should be exceedingly particular, less ihev pay dearly nay, bitterly for the experiment. lirif'i't AVmw. iMi-mivii'iM i:. Nexl to the evil of living hevond one's means i- thai of spending all one's income. There are multitudes who arc sailing j so near shore that a slight wind in the wrong! direction founders them. I'hey gel on well while I he limes are usual and the wages I promptly paid ; bul n panic or a shorl period of sickness causes l hem to drop helpless. Many a father has ridden in a line carriage till he came lo his grave ; then he.has lain down, and his children have got otil of (he carriage and not only been compi ?ed to walk bul to en ha in foot. Against parsimony ami niggard line - we proclaim wai , but with tin same sentence we condemn those who niake a "grand splash while they live, leaving lliei." families in dcsli 1 Ltiiiuu win ii they uio. What Will Von Leave Ik hind I Talking with an old fanner once, he ."aid : "When 1 <lie. I am going to leave behind me, ns a heritage for my children, the home where I they were born, made as beautiful a* my means and uneducated taste will allow; pleas? ant memories of the home fireside and of the sunny summer days, and a true regard fur the dignity and worthiness of the calling which their father followed." The old man was so full of emotion when he talked in this wise, that he hail to use hi- handkerchief to prevent the tears telling their tale of manly sensitiveness. Mis boys were widely scattered, having a varied experience ;n life; but there was not one of them wi. - did not honor the old farmer, they called (and reverently, ton,) ?'Father;"' nor one of them who was not glad to visit the old homestead once a year. Now. we repeat the question, "What will you leave behind .'" Money".' It will do your children little good, comparatively. Money is easily obtained. Put 110MKS are scarce. The association which the men of the world value most are the associations with their early home-. No man, no matter what his position, circumstances or relations iu life, who has had a happy and pleasant home in his youth, fails to remember, love and long for it. It is the haven he seeks, one toward which his heart goes out whenever he is in trouble; it is the shrine to which he makes pilgrimage whenever he has means and opportunity; it is the one spot on earth upon which he is willing to lavish the wealth he may have acquired, and where he desires Lo die and be buried. What will you leave behind, good friend of the farm'.' Shall the homestead he your monument '.' Shall the children return thither as the pilgrim seeks the shrine of a saint ? Shall each tree teil its story of your taste and good sense?revive in the minds of your chil? dren the lime and circumstances of the plant? ing'.1 Shall it symbolize by its growth, and extended and extending branches, the growth of your children's affections for you, and the inlluenee your example and precepts are ex? erting through them? Shall each stone in the wall, addition to the barn, the house, out? buildings, improvements, orchard, garden and field, speak to them of the love you once bore them, of the labor you once performed that they might bo fed, clothed and educated ? Shall each blade of grass lift itself up toward heaven and testify 10 your providence and care '.' Shall each apple-blossom in the orchard shed its perfume in memory of the mat who planted the seed from which they spran :. or the tree on which they bloom and laugh in the sweet May air ? Will money compensate your children for the loss of such a heritage ? Xo, sir! emphatically. No ! Let Iis try to leave behind us something that shall soften the hearts of men and women when they remember us?be they our children or not; but especially let us who have homes, who are blessed with a title to a portion of < rod sgrecn earth,see that it is rendered so beau? tiful iu the eye- of our offspring that their hearts will always lind anchorage there when? ever the longings of loneliness come over them ; whenever the rough elbows of an un? feeling world jostle them out of humor with it. Let the coming Spring witness some etlbrt to leave the old ['arm better and more beautiful in the Autumn. Let the boys and girls feel that we have left something behind that money cannot purchase, and fur vvl::ch it can be no substitute. Purity of Life. I believe the world our* it to bnys, as well as to girls, that they shall bo brought up to man? hood with clean minds; this condition is much more necessary than clean faces, hands, and clothing, although the latter would naturally be associated with the former condition. Purity in the training ol hoys d,,es not make girl- of them. They do not grow unmanly, as i- too commonly believed, by being taught modesty. Lately it was my pleasure to remain a -horl time iu a family in which there were tour or live well brought up boys and young men. They were a stalwart, handsome, manly set, with a self-respect and modesty that gave them a certain dignity, young as they were; but they had a live mother, though only a plain, unlearned vvomau. They were obedient, affec? tionate, and re-pectful to her. She had made every etlbrt lo educate them; to arouse their ambition and industry, and had succeeded well, but especially was she anxious about their mor? als. 1 believe thi- article was suggested by observing ill her homely but excellent face her motherly solicitude when they were likely to be exposed to evil companion-. Among tanner-, soeicty dors not resolve it self int.. castes, hut at tlx irsoeial gatherings or "?lances." as they are called, the lowest charac? ters, even in point or morals, may mingle with the be-;. J repeat, en, could see the struggle in this mother'- face between marring the pleas? ure of her brood and seeing them among evil associates. Her hoys understood it. too, anil sometimes would say, '"Mother 1 don't care at all about going, I am going to stay at home.'' They weir entirely trustworthy abroad, us the following incident will prove: A neighbor's -on came one day to visit them. The mother's countenance darkened a- she -aw him approach. Sin -aid I" me afterward, "I imagine my boys will learn more vileness from that fellow in an hour than they would in a year nut of his com? pany; he's had no training." At the school which these young lllell attended. I noticed them when together; though they were com? panionable, social, and pleasant with this neigh? bor, one could see the e,.1 mother's influence reaching out from home. There seemed no cordial interchange of commodities of a low nature, but they unconsciously refined their neighbor, and im parle? I to him great self-re? spect.- I'lnrw -ge ?/./...v,/,w ?'/./? Ortuln r. A Lr.ssox in MaNNKKS. Harry sat at his father- side at a friend's table. Somebody passed him the bread. Harry touched a piece thai was dry, so he dropped it and took a softer , one. "My son," -aid the father, reprovingly,] ' never [ouch a piece .if bread or cake that you don't mean to take." Harry ate !..- bread and remembered. Af? ter a while the eake was passed round. When it came lo Harry, llie lilt 14? lingers made a quick, adroit movement and hauled <>:! three large slices. { "Why, Harry '." cried his falber. "Well, papa." said the hoy, bravely, you told me to lake all the pieces I touched, and 1 touched ail these."' "No, no. inv son : I -aid in touch only what ' you mean! lo take. ' "Ami lhal's just what 1 did. papa. I meant I to lake every one. and I tried for that other big slice with llie pile of sugar on it, bul I didn't j quite gel it." Kvervhody laughed, and the father wisely j concluded lo give Harry his next lesson in table etiquette at home.. There i- a wide doier? net I? 1 ? ? '? '????vi ??carred mid l-a.i.\ --. u j veteran*, although the latter generally claim a:i the honor> aller a light. The Slate Fiir. 1 On the 10th of November the State Fair will . open in Columbia. Are the farmers, farmers' wives, mechanic? and merchant* preparing for this anticipated gala week? The proper au? thorities are taking time by the forelock, and j are putting their house in order for a grand success. The grounds are being prepared, the j main building is undergoing repairs, the stable and stock sheds have all been overhauled, the Secretary's office is receiving a coat of paint, ] and the dilapidated fence on the street is being j replaced by a new one. Everything will soon be in readiness for the reception of contribu? tions. Is there a farmer or mechanic in the State who lias not something that he can ex? hibit, that will be interesting either from merit or novelty? If so, let him bring or send it to Columbia for the fair. Then, again, is there a farmer, mechanic or citizen of the State who does not feel sufficient interest in the success of our fair to attend at least one or two days during the week ? Come one, then, come all to Columbia, on the 10th November, and let us have a magnificent success. The railroads will ! bring you here and carry you home for one fare; the hotels will feed and lodge you com : fortably and cheaply, and everybody will be j glad to see you. So come to the fair and enjoy l yourself at least one week during the year. ; Read what our correspondent, "A Visitor," >ays about the recent Abbeville Fair. If half the Counties of the Suite would each do half as much for the State Fair as Abbeville did for herself, we would have the grandest display on ; the 10th November that was ever seen in the South. And why can this not be done? It can be. if our people only half try. Then, we I say again, come and bring of your effects, and let the world know what are the products of : the mechanical and agricultural skill of South j Carolininns. We have often had occasion to remark upon ! the advantages to farmers of meeting each I other in a general conference once or twice a j year, They not only show and compare their I products, but they exchange ideas, experiences. : These reasons for supporting fairs derive addi ! tional force from the circumstances of the ! times. The agricultural interest is more affec . ted by the social and political revolution j through which we are passing than any other, i It has need to study and learn the best policy, i the most effective means required to meet the ! trying exigencies in which it is placed. And j not only will enlightenment come from frater ! mil intercourse, but encouragement and stimu? lus. The policy of diminution of the area put i in cotton, and increase of that in cereals, the ; importance of making on the farm everything j in the way of meat, bread and other food, ana j of clothing, of raising stock, vegetables, fruit, : of improving and adorning the homestead, of I becoming really and truly independent, is one . of pressing interest to consider in the light of I comparative experience. No scene is so fit to j afford instruction upon these and kindred ; points as the fair, where variety of products, I the inventions of mechanical skill, the varying J opinions and practice of exhibitors and visi ; tors, all blend in happy harmony, and make a j study of the highest interest. The. social charms of such an occasion, at the present de ? lightfttl season of the year, are not the least ? attractive reasons for desiring that we shall I have a fair worthy of the State and people, and ? which will be an honor to the noble pursuit of agriculture and its equally noble allies?the j mechanical and the fine arts.?Phoenix. Farming on a Large Scale. Many of the farmers in California have grown wheat enough this year to load a thousand-Ion ship, while a few have enough to load half a dozen ships of this size. It is not an uncom? mon thing to hear one of these ranchers in a quiet way estimating his wheat crop as ran? ging from 30.000 to 50,000 bushels. The Napa Register notes a recent transaction of one of the farmers ofthat county, as follows : "A farming enterprise on a scale that lays in shade most operations in that line has just been entered into by our friend JohnFinneII,of Yountville, long resident and ex-Supervisor of the county. He has leased for a period of five years the celebrated "Walsh Ranch," in Colu sa county, forty miles north of the town of Co lusa, ami eight miles west of Chico, consisting of20,000 acres, at a yearly rental of $40,000. In addition to this, he has purchased 1,000 head of stock cattle, UK.) head of horses, 50 mules, 27,000 sacks of wheat, 1,500 hogs .mid a quantity of hay, barley, etc. His purchase, aside from the rental, amounts to $74,250, or the transaction for the first year alone, $114. 250. It will take a good farmer to manage all this, and we doubt not Mr. F. is ju?t the man for it, a-his well kept grounds at Yountville bear ample testimony."' This farm it probably all arable land, and is within easy reach of a navigable river. Two dollars an acre seems an average price; but the aggregate makes it the largest rental prob? ably of any farm in California. We have sheep ranges covering 100,000 acres, and oue or more tirms of wool-growers estimate their sheep at 100,000, while several have flocks rang? ing troin 10,000 to liO.ooo. We have heard of o;u' tanner ill that State who estimates hi* wheat crop this year al 120,000 bushels. There may be others who will have larger amounts. What To Do.?Professor Wilder, of Cor? nell I'niversity, gives these short rules for ac? tion in case of accident : For dusi in the eyes, avoid rubbing, dash water into them ; remove cinders, rtc with the round point of a lead pencil. Remove in? sect- from the car by tepid water: never put a hard instrument into the ear. It an artery is cut. compress above the wound : if a vein is cut, compress below. If choked, get upon all fours, and cough. For light hums, dip the part in cold water; it* the skin is destroyed, cover with varnish. Smother a tire with car? pets, etc.; water will often spread burning oil, and increase* the danger. Before passing through smoke, take a full breath, and then stoop low. bul if carbon is sus|>ecled, walk erect. Suck poison wounds, unless your mouth is sore. Enlarge the wound, or better, cut out the part without delay. Hold the wounded par! as long as can be borne to a hot coal or end of a cigar. In case e?f poisoning, excite vomiting l>y tickling the throat, or by water and mustard. For acid poisons, give acids ; in case of opium poisoning, give strong coffee ami keep moving. It' in water. Iloat on the back, with the nose and mouth projecting. For :?p? plexy. raise the imael and body ; tor faint? ing, lay the person flat. ? Had luck i< simply a man with his hands in his pockets and In* pipe in his mouth le>ok inc on to see how it will come out. Good luck \< :\ man of pi tick, with his sleeves rolled up, and working to make it come right. An editor -ay;, "we never eeiuld under? lain! why sti much shol should be wasted in killing birds while so many young ???*"-"* their hair in the middl a ii inedy or ihm's none . it I here's) one. then tiv to find it ; if there's none, theu never mind